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Firefighters from Banstead and Epsom were called to High Down prison after someone set fire to a cell.The alarm was raised at 6pm on Thursday.The Banstead crew entered the prison, in High Down Lane, but found staff had already extinguished the blaze.No other cells had been evacuated of their prisoners.The adult male category B prison has been open since 1992, and holds more than 1,100 inmates, including dozens on life sentences.A spokesman for Banstead Fire Station said: "It was a small...

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